John stape hides a deadly secret from his friends and family

[Perdita]

Beverley Callard's daughter Rebecca is joining the cast of Coronation Street, it has been announced.

Beverley quit her role as Rovers Return landlady Liz McDonald earlier this year, after 20 years in the ITV soap. Speaking after her exit, she admitted that working on the Weatherfield drama was "not as much fun" as it used to be.

Rebecca, who will initially appear as Ruth for six episodes, becomes friendly with Fiz (Jenni McAlpine) when they meet at the prison Mother and Baby Unit, according to the show's official website.

However, it has been teased that the relationship between the pair will turn sour when the innocent wife of John Stape catches Ruth "doing something she shouldn't".

"I've been going to the set for over 20 years now (with Beverley) so to turn up as an actress was a bit different," Callard admitted. "Daunting, as the show is amazing, but also really lovely, as I know some of the people in it, and exciting. It feels like the right role at the right time."

An earlier report claimed that Fiz and Ruth will be involved in a prison drugs ring, in which Fiz will see her cellmate Ginny die from an overdose.

Rebecca's previous credits include roles in The Borrowers, The Grand, Radio 4 comedy series Smelling of Roses and a guest appearance in Robin Hood.

[alan45]

SERIAL killer John Stape is to make a sensational return to Coronation Street - as his wife Fiz stands trial for the three murders he committed.
The psychopath dramatically bursts into court and confesses that he has the blood of Colin and Joy Fishwick and Charlotte Hoyle on his hands.
It comes after viewers saw Stape escape last month when he survived a 30ft fall from a hospital roof after being cornered by cops.
Later this year, tearful Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) will see the evidence weighed against her in court. Corrie fans will discover Stape fled to Ireland and has been living rough, keeping track of Fiz's case through newspapers.
Stape will stroll into court to admit his crimes. He will insist he acted alone in the killings and that Fiz was not involved.
Actor Graeme Hawley left Coronation Street in April after a four-year stint as Stape on the soap. A source said: "It will be a real shock for fans when John arrives in the nick of time.
"Bosses are hoping it will be one of those classic moments in television when he returns to clear his wife's name."
However, Fiz will still be in trouble for helping Stape to move Colin's body from Underworld to Weatherfield canal.
But she walks free in the scenes to be screened in October because of her time in prison on remand.


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A source said: \"It will be a real shock for fans when John arrives in the nick of time.

Hardly going to be much of a shock now is it!!!!!!!!!!!

I think the biggest shock will be if anyone will still be watching Corrie in October

[alan45]

Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine has spoken out about the latest twists in the soap's Stape saga, admitting that her character Fiz is "horrified" by events which unfold over the coming weeks.

As announced by Corrie boss Phil Collinson earlier this month, Fiz will soon be charged with murder after the police decide that she must have been involved in her husband John's crime spree.

McAlpine told Soaplife: "The way the police see it, three people have died - Colin, Joy and Charlotte - and Fiz did falsely claim the quite significant £180,000 from Joy's will.

"So to the police it makes sense that Fiz and John needed Joy dead and needed her son and heir dead to get the money. And they needed Charlotte dead when she got involved."

Fiz finally realises the severity of her situation when she is charged and refused bail in scenes which air early next month.

McAlpine continued: "She wasn't expecting to end up in prison. Her solicitor does try to warn her but she's like, 'You tell them about Hope and that I need to be home with my baby' and she doesn't even contemplate being imprisoned. So when she doesn't get bail, she's just horrified. She really thought she was going home."

Reports have suggested that Fiz decides to hand her baby daughter Hope over to Roy and Hayley Cropper as she contemplates a long stint behind bars.

McAlpine added: "She would trust nobody else more than she trusts Roy and Hayley with her daughter. And they would do anything to help Fiz."

Coronation Street bosses have confirmed that Fiz will stand trial in the autumn.

[alan45]

Jennie McAlpine has admitted that Coronation Street's Fiz Stape could face a lengthy spell behind bars, as evidence continues to stack up against her.

The troubled mum ends up in jail when she is charged with the three murders committed by her husband John, who fled the Street after his dark secrets where revealed earlier this month.

"She tells the police everything. But there's no proof she's telling the truth," McAlpine told Soaplife of Fiz's struggle to convince the police that she had no involvement in John's crimes.

However, when the factory worker is refused bail, she is encouraged to apply to have her daughter Hope join her in a mother and baby unit.

McAlpine continued: "But she's torn, especially when the solicitor explains that she wouldn't be with her for ever. Hope won't be able to stay with Fiz in prison if she gets a long sentence."

McAlpine revealed that the jailed mum tries to do the "best thing for her baby" by having Roy and Hayley Cropper take care of her: "At first she sees it as short term, but then she thinks it would be best to cut all ties and there's quite an emotional scene where she hands over Hope and walks away and doesn't even look back."

On Fiz's future behind bars, she commented: "All the evidence is stacked up against her. And the police can't find John, and he's the only one who can back up Fiz's story. I don't think she's expecting him to turn up and do anything. I think any trust in John has gone."

[LostVoodoo]

i know accuracy isn't Corrie's strong point at the moment, but would she really just be able to hand over the baby to Roy and Hayley? wouldn't social services be involved if she was sent to prison? and aren't Roy and Hayley banned from fostering?

[parkerman]

i know accuracy isn't Corrie's strong point at the moment, but would she really just be able to hand over the baby to Roy and Hayley? wouldn't social services be involved if she was sent to prison? and aren't Roy and Hayley banned from fostering?

Welcome to Soapland where the ordinary laws of the land don't apply....

[walsh2509]

Please John Please , stay in Ireland ... I have had enough of the greeting sobbing grimaced faced fiz , its all she has done for the last couple of years , it seems longer. Throw away the key.

[Perdita]

CORRIE'S innocent Fiz Stape suffers a horrific attack in a storyline about violence and drugs in Britain's jails.
The ex-knicker stitcher is set on by a female prisoner after grassing her up for selling narcotics to other lags.

On Monday, fans of the ITV1 soap saw Fiz (played by Jennie McAlpine) wrongly thrown into clink for the three murders committed by her psychotic hubby John.

The hard-hitting storyline will see her struggle to survive in jail.

She is horrified when she sees a prisoner selling drugs.

And after a lag suffers an overdose, she is persuaded by prison warders to tell the governor in return for a transfer to the Mother and Baby unit.

However, she is spotted leaving the governor's office and gets a beating.

Gentle Liz, is even more scared when the dealer's pals tell her they've got friends in every wing of the prison.

A source said: "This is one of the toughest subjects ever tackled by Coronation Street.

"Poor Fiz will be in serious danger and has made a very powerful enemy in jail.

"She'll be absolutely terrified and viewers will feel really sorry for her - especially as she is innocent."

The attack will make Fiz think twice about moving to the baby unit, fearing the gang could target her premature baby Hope.

Our source added: "Fiz has never faced violence like this before and she's terrified.

"Even her murderous husband was never anything but nice to her. And the threats to Hope really worry her. She'd be devastated if anything happened to her baby after all they've been through together."

Poor Fiz will be held in jail until her trial in October - when evil hubby John (Graeme Hawley) sensationally returns from Ireland to take responsibility for his crimes.



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[Perdita]

CLUELESS Tyrone Dobbs and Kirk Sutherland start a war with a drugs gang when they kidnap its leader.

In hilarious scenes to be screened later this summer the two lads set about trying to help jailed pal Fiz Stape after she becomes embroiled with the dealers.

Fiz, played by Jennie McAlpine, 27, is left terrified when the druggies, who are at work behind the prison walls, believe she has grassed them up to the authorities. Determined to keep her quiet, they go on to threaten her life and that of her baby daughter Hope.

When Tyrone and Kirk, played by Alan Halsall, 28 and Andy Whyment, 30, find out about her living nightmare, they vow to help.

They think they can talk to the gang’s leader Leon and convince him to leave Fiz alone. But things don’t quite go to plan.

They follow the thug for a few days hoping to gather some dirt on him.

When they see him dealing from his car they decide to try and capture it on camera to use as leverage over him.

But he catches them in the act and their cover is rumbled.

He tries to attack them with a baseball bat and instead of running away they end up knocking him out and then kidnapping him.

They lock him in a walk-in freezer at the old Peacocks butchers because they can’t decide what to do with him.

A show insider said: “They would make ridiculous gangsters.

“Naturally he’s spitting blood with rage when he comes round and realises what they have done.

“They know they are out of their depth but they’ve got no idea what to do now.Tyrone begs Gary to help and the lads take it in turns to look after their prisoner.

“But it’s not a bright move as Leon’s gang members start hunting for him and the criminal vows to get his revenge on the lads.

“Instead of helping Fiz, they’ve made things 10 times worse.”

Daily Star

[alan45]

Sounds like another daft storyline by the idiotic scriptwriters. The storylines are getting worse. No doubt Leon will be a stereotypical drug dealer